future, as I have done in the past, take counsel, take light, take information from the distinguished Senator from Harrison. [Applause.]

The resolution was unanimously adopted.

Senator Emmert moved that the President appoint a committee of three to notify the governor the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die.

President Milliman appointed the following committee: Senators Emmert, Smith and Crossley.

Senator Emmert reported that the committee appointed to notify the governor relative to adjournment, had performed their duty.

Senator Hobart moved that the President appoint a committee of three to notify the House the Senate is ready to adjourn sine die.

Carried.

REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS.

Senator Arthaud, from the joint committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your joint committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 204, a bill for an act relating to the calling of a special election to fill vacancies on boards of school directors.

Also, substitute for House file No. 357, a bill for an act to amend section seven hundred and thirty-two (732) of the code as admened, relating to the powers of city and town councils to levy taxes for library purposes.

Also, House file No. 174, a bill for an act to amend section eighteen hundred and six (1806) of the code, relating to loans on life insurance policies.

Also, House file No. 242, a bill for an act to encourage the manufacture of sugar in the state of Iowa, by making certain exemptions in taxes.

Also, House file No. 343, a bill for an act to amend section ten hundred and seventy-seven (1077) of the code, relative to the registration of voters. Also, House file No. 243, a bill for an act to amend section seventeen hundred and ten (1710) of the code, relating to limitation of insurance risks.

Also, House file No. 408, a bill for an act making appropriations for the construction, repair, support, and contingent funds for the state hospitals, the penitentiaries, the Industrial Schools for Boys and Girls, the Institution for Feeble-minded Children, the School for the Deaf, College for the Blind, the Soldiers' Orphans' Home and the Soldiers' Home.

Also, substitute for House file No. 55, a bill for an act to amend section two thousand five hundred and sixty-four (2564) of the code, in relation to public health districts.

Also, House file No. 291, a bill for an act to amend section eleven hundred and nineteen (1119) of the code, in relation to the marking and validity of ballots.

Also, House file No. 410, a bill for an act providing for closing the Industrial Home for the Blind, and for paying for the transportation of inmates to their homes, and authorizing the board of control of state institutions to employ and pay a custodian to care for the buildings and property, and authorizing said board to lease the land and collect the rentals thereof, and to sell or dispose of the personal property at said institutions, and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act. Also providing for the transfer to the general funds of the state certain unexpended balances of special appropriations.

Also, House file No. 135, a bill for an act to amend section two thousand four hundred hundred and three (2403) of the code, relating to selling or giving to minors, or intoxicated persons, or persons in the habit of becoming intoxicated, intoxicating liquors.

Also, House file No. 368, a bill for an act repealing section nine (9) chapter one hundred and sixty (160) of the acts of the Ninth General Assembly, and providing for the payment by the treasurer of state of swamp land indemnity money direct to county authorities.

Also, Senate file No. 292, a bill for an act to increase the support of the state historical department.

Also, Senate file No. 176, a bill for an act to amend chapter 10 of title 3 of the code, relating to the admission of persons to practice as attorneys and counsellors in the courts of this state.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 117, a bill for an act to repeal section 4946 of the code, relating to bodies for medical purposes and enacting a substitute therefor.

Also, Senate file No. 364, a bill for an act authorizing the Waterloo & Cedar Falls Rapid Transit company to construct its railway over the grounds of the state used for Normal school at Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Also, Senate file No. 7, a bill for an act to prohibit the manufacture of pearl buttons and butter tubs in the state penitentiaries.

Also, Senate file No. 223, a bill for an act to amend section 669 of the code relating to compensation for councilmen.

Also, Senate file No. 29, a bill for an act to provide for the taxation of the property of telegraph and telephone companies, to amend section 1330 of the code, and to repeal section 1331 of the code.

Also, Senate file No. 115, a bill for an act to regulate the levy and collection of special assessments in cities and towns, and cities acting under special charters.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 134, a bill for an act to repeal section 1389 of the code, and to enact a substitute therefor in relation to the keeping of a record of delinquent taxes.

Also, Senate file No. 322, a bill for an act to amend chapter 43 of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly in relation to state aid to district and county agricultural societies, and to amend section 1658 and section 1659 of the code.

Also, Senate file No. 257, a bill for an act amending section 123 of the code, and to prohibit the charging off of balances of unexpended appropriations.

Also, Senate file No. 254, a bill for an act to amend section 799 of the code, relating to street improvements and special assessments.

Also, Senate file No. 273, a bill for an act to amend section 261 of the code relating to superior courts and changes of venue therefrom.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 84, a bill for an act to punish persons engaging in boxing contests or sparring exhibitions where an admission fee is charged, those who knowingly aid, abet or assist such contests and exhibitions and those who knowingly permit any ground, lot, building, hall or structure to be used for such contests or exhibitions.

Also, Senate file No. 348, a bill for a act creating the capitol improvement commission, defining its duties and making appropriations therefor.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 45, a bill for an act making appropriation for repairs on the rooms in the capitol building now occupied by the board of control, and for furnishing the same.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 47, a bill for an act to provide for the finishing and furnishing of the historical building.

Also, Senate file No. 271, a bill for an act to amend section 1 of chapter 95 of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, in relation to the issuance of bonds by school corporations.

Also, Senate file No. 258, a bill for an act to appropriate the sum of $500 to pay John F. Oliver, for legal services rendered in behalf of the state in a case involving the validity and construction of the will of the late Baxter Whiting.

Also, Senate file No. 50, a bill for an act to provide for and aid in the erection of a memorial to Sergeant Charles Floyd.

Also, Senate file No. 201, a bill for an act making appropriations for the fish and game commission of the state of Iowa.

Also, Senate file No. 347, a bill for an act to amend section 166 of the code.

Also, Senate file No. 140, a bill for an act to amend section 777 of the code relating to temporary sidewalks.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 39, a bill for an act to repeal section 1306 of the code, and to enact a substitute therefor, relating to the assessment of taxes, and limiting the indebtness of counties, and other political and municipal corporations.

Also, Senate file No. 69, a bill for an act to amend the laws of Iowa, concerning insurance other than life, by repealing section 1742 and enacting a substitute in lieu thereof.

Also, Senate file No. 253, a bill for an act to amend section 5685 of the code, relative to gate receipts at state penitentiaries.

Also, Senate file No. 342, a bill for an act to amend chapter 118 of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, relating to the management and control of certain state institutions, and the defining of certain offenses and providing penalties therefor.

Also, Senate file No. 298, a bill for an act making an appropriation to satisfy a claim of Clayton county against the state of Iowa.

Also, Senate file No. 294, a bill for an act making an appropriation for reimbursing certain patients in the hospital for the insane at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 219, a bill for an act to authorize boards of supervisors to provide for the discovery of property withheld from taxation, and to list the same and collect taxes thereon, and to legalize contracts heretofore made for that purpose by boards of supervisors upon certain conditions.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 100, a bill for an act to amend section 2508 of the code, in relation to the inspection and use of the products of petroleum.

Also, Senate file No. 66, a bill for an act providing for the taxation of the property of express companies and repealing sections 1345 and 1346 of the code, and chapter 31 of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly.

Also, Senate file No. 365, a bill for an act to legalize the acts of the board of supervisors of Pocahontas county, Iowa, and other officers, relating to the establishment of drainage districts in said county, and contracts relating thereto, issuance of bonds and levy and collection of taxes.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 265, a bill for an act placing all private and county institutions caring for insane persons under the supervision of the board of control of state institutions, and requiring them to be regularly inspected and providing for the expense thereof, and requiring the adoption of rules and regulations by said board relative to the keeping of patients therein, and authorizing the transfer of patients in the state hospitals to such private and county institutions, and providing for the removal of patients in certain cases from said private and county institutions, and for the discharge of patients therefrom and from the state hospitals.

Also, Senate file No. 337, a bill for an act to amend chapter 4, title 7 of the code, and chapter 37 of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, relating to the assessment and collection of collateral inheritance tax.

Also, Senate file No. 190, a bill for an act to amend section 125 of the code relating to the printing and binding of the reports of state officers.

Also, Senate file No. 366, a bill for an act to legalize the action of the board of directors of the Independent school district of Emmetsburg, Iowa, in issuing bonds to the amount of $20,000, and to validate said bonds. Also, substitute for the substitute for Senate file No. 68, a bill for an act to amend section 1743 of the code, relative to stipulations of arbitrations in policies of insurance.

Also, Senate file No. 367, a bill for an act authorizing the board of control to use unexpended balance yet remaining of appropriation made in chapter 140 of the acts of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly, and to amend chapter 54 of the aets of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, relating to compensation for keeping patients in the insane hospitals.

Also, joint resolution No. 11, for the appointment of commissioners for the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo, N. Y.

Also substitute for Senate file No. 183, a bill for an act to amend section 2806 of the code in relation to the contingent fund.

Also, substitute for Senate file No. 191, a bill for an act relating to insurance companies and associations and to provide for the incorporation, regulation and government of life insurance corporations on the stipulated premium plan, and to amend chapter 7, title 9 of the code, and providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof.

Also, Senate file No. 368, a bill for an act making appropriations for the payment of state and judicial officers, state and other expenses.

F. L. ARTHAUD, Chairman Senate Committee.

J. P. LYMAN,

Chairman House Committee.

Ordered passed on file.

The President appointed as the committee to notify the House that the Senate was ready to adjourn, Senators Hobart, Griswold and Bishop.

The President announced that he had signed, in the presence of the Senate, Senate files Nos. 69, 253, 342, 298, 294, 219, 100, 66, 365, 256, 7, 337, 190, 68, 367, 366, 368, 183, 191, and joint resolution No. 11.

Senator Hobart reported that the committee appointed to notify the House that the Senate was ready to adjourn had performed their duty.

REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS.

Senator Arthaud, from the joint committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your joint committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled:

Also, Senate file No. 69, a bill for an act to amend the laws of Iowa concerning insurance other than life, by repealing section 1742 and enacting a substitute in lieu thereof.

Also, Senate file No. 253, a bill for an act to amend section 5685 of the code relative to the gate receipts at state penitentiaries.

Also, Senate file No. 342, a bill for an act to amend chapter 118 of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, relating to the management and control of certain state institutions, and the defining of certain offenses and providing penalties therefor.

Also, Senate file No. 298, a bill for an act making an appropriation to satisfy a claim of Clayton county against the state of Iowa.